{"product_id":"writing-local-history-9780719029509","title":"Writing Local History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\tIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIIThe origins of local history\u003cbr\u003eThe chorographic tradition\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Camden\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Saxton\u003cbr\u003eCounty histories\u003cbr\u003eDugdale and Thoroton\u003cbr\u003eNatural history\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII\tAntiquaries at large: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries\u003cbr\u003eTopographical studies\u003cbr\u003eArchaeology\u003cbr\u003eCounty histories\u003cbr\u003eCollaborative county histories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV\tThe parish and the town\u003cbr\u003eParish histories\u003cbr\u003eTown histories of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries\u003cbr\u003eTown histories of the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003eTown histories of the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV\tLocal history marginalised\u003cbr\u003eClubs and societies\u003cbr\u003eArchaeology\u003cbr\u003eProfessional history\u003cbr\u003eNational history\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI\tLocal History and national History, 1880-1945\u003cbr\u003eThe study of the village\u003cbr\u003eEconomic history, local history and adult education\u003cbr\u003eThe Victoria County History\u003cbr\u003eRecord publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII\tW.G. Hoskins and the founding of modern local history\u003cbr\u003eThe Annales School\u003cbr\u003eW.G. Hoskins\u003cbr\u003eThe Making of the English Landscape\u003cbr\u003ePost-war developments\u003cbr\u003eLocal history and the parish\u003cbr\u003eThe Midland Peasant\u003cbr\u003eFarming regions\u003cbr\u003eRegions without boundaries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII\tNew Approaches: the region and the community\u003cbr\u003eCounties and parishes\u003cbr\u003eMicrohistory\u003cbr\u003eRegions\u003cbr\u003ePays\u003cbr\u003eSettlement\u003cbr\u003eRegional flexibility\u003cbr\u003eRegions and industrialising society\u003cbr\u003eCultural identity\u003cbr\u003ePost-modernism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX\tNew Approaches: family history, towns, landscape and other specialisms\u003cbr\u003eFamily history\u003cbr\u003eUrban history\u003cbr\u003eLandscape history\u003cbr\u003eVernacular architecture\u003cbr\u003eIndustrial archaeology\u003cbr\u003eOral testimony\u003cbr\u003ePlace-names\u003cbr\u003eHeritage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX\tThe sources revolution\u003cbr\u003eThe National Archives\u003cbr\u003eCounty archive offices\u003cbr\u003eLocal studies libraries\u003cbr\u003eThe family\u003cbr\u003eThe land\u003cbr\u003eThe house\u003cbr\u003eSource materials and the VCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI\tLocal history today\u003cbr\u003eDefining local history\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding past communities\u003cbr\u003eTraining\u003cbr\u003eGuidebooks\u003cbr\u003eGroup research\u003cbr\u003eGood local history\u003cbr\u003eIssues, geographies and time periods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII\tConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037282533719,"sku":"9780719029509","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719029509.jpg?v=1750935142","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-local-history-9780719029509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}